Price tag



Oct. 7, 1941.

' E. B. VAN NORDEN PRICE TAG Filed Jan. 27, 1940 I -INVENTOR PatentedOct. 7, 1941 PRICE TAG Ericcson B. Van Norden, Rainbow Lakes, N. J., as-

signor to A. Kimball Company, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New YorkApplication January 27, 1940, Serial No. 315,876

1 Claim.

This invention relates to price tags and pertains more particularly totags supplied with attaching pins or staples and commonly referred to aspin tickets.

It is an object of the invention to provide a ticket having an attachingpin or staple so arranged that it may be'manipulated, both forattachment and removal, from the side of the merchandise to which theticket is applied, thus making the ticket available for use on articlessuch as pillows, for example, which lack a free edge permittingmanipulation of the pin from the opposite side.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a covering for thepin in order to prevent the same from engaging and damaging otherarticles of merchandise.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear hereinafter.

A preferred embodiment of the invention selected for purposes ofillustration is shown in the accompanying drawing, in which,

Figure 1 is a plan view of the front face of the ticket, showing themanner in which the pin is passed through the merchandise.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the back face of the ticket.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure l, showing the pin bent around theedge of the aperture to secure the ticket to the merchandise.

Figure 4 is a similar view showing the ap passed through the slit.

Figure 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Referring to the drawing, the ticket comprises a body portion l and afiap 2 separated by a fold line 3. Secured to the body portion is anattaching staple 4 having one short leg or pin 5 passing through thebody portion and bent as shown in Figure 2 to hold the staple in place,and having a longer leg or pin 6 passing through the body portion andbent as shown to extend transversely across the ticket substantiallyparallel thereto. The length of the leg or pin B is less than the widthof the ticket, and such that the point of the pin 6 is within themarginal outlines of the ticket. y

Formed in the body portion opposite the en of pin 6 is an aperture 'lthrough which the end of the pin may be passed so that the pin may bebent around the edge of the aperture as shown in Figure 3. Thus, inattaching the ticket to merchandise, the pin 6 is first run through thegoods 8. The end of the pin is then passed through the aperture 1 andbent around the edge of the aperture, thus rmly securing the ticket tothe goods. The flap 2 is then bent over and the end of the flap may bepassed through the slit 9 formed in the body portion, thus covering andprotecting the point of pin 6.

A single ticket is shown in the drawing for purposes of illustration,but it will be understood that since the attaching pin is located withinthe marginal outlines of the ticket, a plurality of such tickets may bemade in strip 0r roll form, and individual tickets may be severed fromthe strip as required, either by machine or otherw1se.

It will be understood that the invention may be variously modified andembodied within the scope of the subjoined claim.

I claim as my invention:

A pin ticket comprising a body portion of suit'- able sheet material, aflap forming an extension of said body portion at one end thereof, butseparated therefrom by a fold line, the other end of said body portionterminating in a free edge, said body portion being provided with a slitextending parallel to said fold line and spaced therefrom to receive theend of said flap when folded, an attaching staple permanently secured tosaid body portion between said fold line and slit, said staple having asingle leg extending transversely across said ticket substantiallyparallel to the rear face thereof and contiguous thereto, said legterminating in a point within the marginal outlines of the ticket, thedistance between said fold line and slit b-eing less than the length ofsaid staple leg, and said body portion being provided l with an aperturebetween said fold line and slit, said aperture being aligned with andopposite said point and ext-ending back from said point a sufficient-distance to permit said leg to be manually bent backwards around theedge of said aperture for attaching purposes.

`ERICCSON B. VAN NORDEN.

